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4721034 Coffee maker or like beverage making device
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PATENT ABSTRACTS
the opening, thus covering the opening to keep out foreign matter. The tab is then pushed downwardly so that the sealing portion is fitted into the opening, thereby affecting a seal.
4721200 CAN FILLING SYSTEM TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO CANS Larry MDugan assignedto Adolph Coors Company
4720098 EXERCISER WITH BEVERAGE RESERVOIR Hy S Gordon assigned to Hydrocizer Industries Inc A dumbbell-shaped hand held exerciser has a tubular central section formed as a drink reservoir and screw-on end caps of different weights enabling the overall weight of the device to be varied dependent on the end caps selected for use with the central section. The central section may include a drinking valve and the device has a Ushaped handle member with a removable moisture absorbent cover.
A can filling device for minimizing damage to cans during filling by providing full can pockets on a filler wheel having upper and lower arm portions which maintain the constant vertical orientation of the can during the filling process. A locator brush is disposed to induce an inward radial force relative to the rotating filler wheel to maintain the can within the can pocket. Additionally, a hold down guide assembly displaces the cans in a downward position on the rotating filler wheel to prevent damage by the spindle mechanism. Sufficient tangential clearance is provided by the star wheel pockets to prevent damage due to play between the rotating filler wheel and the star wheel. Close tolerances are provided in the radial direction to ensure full transfer of the can from the star wheel pocket to the filler wheel pocket.
4721221 4721034 COFFEE MAKER OR LIKE BEVERAGE MAKING DEVICE Nobuo Shimomura, Nagoya, Japan assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba A siphon coffee maker consists of a lower container into which water is poured and which is heated with an electric heater, an upper container for containing coffee powder, the upper container communicating with the lower container so that hot water is transferred between the containers through a water feed tube due to siphon effects, and a pressure reducing valve which communicates the lower container with the atmosphere. The pressure reducing valve is opened for approximately 60 seconds for a soaklike processing when the temperature of the water reaches approximately 100 degrees C. Alternately, a pressure reducing valve is kept opened from the time when the temperature of the lower container reaches approximately 105 degrees C. to the time when the ingredients extracting operation is completed.
MOLDED PLASTIC CLOSURE WITH SEALING LINER Jacques J Barriac assigned to Owens-Illinois Closure lnc A molded plastic closure for a beverage container, the closure having a shell with a top panel and a depending skirt, the shell being molded in one piece from a hard thermoplastic material. The closure is provided with an annular flange which extends from the underside of the top panel and which forms an annular space with the inside of the skirt. A liner is formed in situ within the closure by compression molding from a compression moldable soft, rubbery thermoplastic material, the underside of the top panel and the inside of the annular flange serving as molding surfaces. The annular flange is supported against lateral loads by a series of ribs which extend between the annular flange and the depending skirt. The liner is interlocked with the annular flange by interengaging ribs and recesses. Both a top seal only closure for non-pressurized beverages and a top and side seal closure for pressurized beverages are disclosed.
PATENT ABSTRACTS
the opening, thus covering the opening to keep out foreign matter. The tab is then pushed downwardly so that the sealing portion is fitted into the opening, thereby affecting a seal.
4721200 CAN FILLING SYSTEM TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO CANS Larry MDugan assignedto Adolph Coors Company
4720098 EXERCISER WITH BEVERAGE RESERVOIR Hy S Gordon assigned to Hydrocizer Industries Inc A dumbbell-shaped hand held exerciser has a tubular central section formed as a drink reservoir and screw-on end caps of different weights enabling the overall weight of the device to be varied dependent on the end caps selected for use with the central section. The central section may include a drinking valve and the device has a Ushaped handle member with a removable moisture absorbent cover.
A can filling device for minimizing damage to cans during filling by providing full can pockets on a filler wheel having upper and lower arm portions which maintain the constant vertical orientation of the can during the filling process. A locator brush is disposed to induce an inward radial force relative to the rotating filler wheel to maintain the can within the can pocket. Additionally, a hold down guide assembly displaces the cans in a downward position on the rotating filler wheel to prevent damage by the spindle mechanism. Sufficient tangential clearance is provided by the star wheel pockets to prevent damage due to play between the rotating filler wheel and the star wheel. Close tolerances are provided in the radial direction to ensure full transfer of the can from the star wheel pocket to the filler wheel pocket.
4721221 4721034 COFFEE MAKER OR LIKE BEVERAGE MAKING DEVICE Nobuo Shimomura, Nagoya, Japan assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba A siphon coffee maker consists of a lower container into which water is poured and which is heated with an electric heater, an upper container for containing coffee powder, the upper container communicating with the lower container so that hot water is transferred between the containers through a water feed tube due to siphon effects, and a pressure reducing valve which communicates the lower container with the atmosphere. The pressure reducing valve is opened for approximately 60 seconds for a soaklike processing when the temperature of the water reaches approximately 100 degrees C. Alternately, a pressure reducing valve is kept opened from the time when the temperature of the lower container reaches approximately 105 degrees C. to the time when the ingredients extracting operation is completed.
MOLDED PLASTIC CLOSURE WITH SEALING LINER Jacques J Barriac assigned to Owens-Illinois Closure lnc A molded plastic closure for a beverage container, the closure having a shell with a top panel and a depending skirt, the shell being molded in one piece from a hard thermoplastic material. The closure is provided with an annular flange which extends from the underside of the top panel and which forms an annular space with the inside of the skirt. A liner is formed in situ within the closure by compression molding from a compression moldable soft, rubbery thermoplastic material, the underside of the top panel and the inside of the annular flange serving as molding surfaces. The annular flange is supported against lateral loads by a series of ribs which extend between the annular flange and the depending skirt. The liner is interlocked with the annular flange by interengaging ribs and recesses. Both a top seal only closure for non-pressurized beverages and a top and side seal closure for pressurized beverages are disclosed.